The Evening Mail. SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1878.

Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 584, 16 March 1878, Page 2

The Evening Mail. SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1878.

We would strongly nr.'c upon the Municipal Council the nei.-'_-:-s:-y fur doing soniethtripr t<> improve Steward-street, and render it decently past-able. Whenever there is :i shower or ruin th>' whole street becomes a perfect sea of mud. rendering it extremely unpleasant, it not actually dangerous, for pedestrians to ;:w almy it. This v. as especially noticeable- to-day. when, in eon-e----«[Uence of the rlonvr Jimv, a very large number of persons were desirous of r»aehini: the Volunteer Hall. They had either to wade over their hoot-top- in clay and mud or debar themselves of the pleasure of visiting the show. It may be thought that Steward-street is of little importance to the town, but we take leave to say that, seeing that it is the only mean* of gaining: access- to the Volunteer Hall from the principal part of the town, anil that a large number of meetings. On;., are held in the half, the street is one over which a very large section ot the community have i frequently to pass, and the Council would : be studying the iuterests of the ratepayers j if it ibedt'd to improve the street. A few' 10..ds of gravel would s» ;i !omj way towards , iL'S'-rrng the safety and comfort of the public, and we trust that before long we shall see this much needed work carried oat. [

V>~e are informed by Sub-Inspector Smith that the ren-us letnrns forth'! town, so far as population is concerned, liave now been comphtcd. The population is as follows : Males, 2,563: females, 2.S:!4—total, 4,557. Wu are pleaded to lenrn that the man M'Brid--. who m-t v. ith a severe accident at Waiareka on Thursday, and whose left arm was amputated at *: iildtT jo'iit; is pror fav.-rabl. i;n..i>.r ;h* si- - - :.I tr-'at- • i rut nt or' I)r. Garland. ; | At the Pe.-i'Viit Magistrate's C •■••+ this i morniii": .fames, Mav was lined os. for ailow- ' in- 1.mV,.,v, to b-:";,t largo, and John II I. t'o permitting o!i(! cow t" wander in tin: puMc streets, v.:< • lim; ' :?-. n'd. Fdw.ird Malom-y, for bein;r dn.nk and di-ordmly hi Thames-street, was discharged with a 1 caution ; ami Ihdmond Condon, for simi- '■ lar misconduct yesterday afternoon, was i lined ;">-. We hear that there i- a very groat probability of another gentleman of the nieilii!al prnfe-sion taking up hi- r-sidence in <>a-i ant -In-rily, .-.nil h.-.vt.- heard slit: gentleman's name mentioned. We are not at |ire-« lit ho".ever T in a position to .-ta'e nm;v th: n the hare fact, as the v. !:-•:..■ of ihe arrangtmeats have not yet In ell comph led. We- aie reipn.-t.-d to <tr \v particuh'.r ■' attention to an advertisement from the . Nt>.'th <>.;>lo lloriiciiit nraS >oeiety. a'r . no'ineiiiLr that, in eon-, qno-nce of the , wretched weather to-day, th-- Autumn . Show Wi! in- iini-iii-ii again on Mo iday. at - noon. We tru.-t the" Society v ill have. better v.father on that day. and that there . will la: a large: number of visitor-, for many filings art; on exhibition well worthy of a visit to the Volunteer Hail. 'l'll'- name of Mr Steward is included in file iist of eandalat: s f-ir s.-atso:i the F.ducitioii Hoard, cf-leeted oy the W aiimia Seho -1 (.'ommittee. The twie" postponed competition by Xo. 1 1 l '(imictiy 'it!- Volunteers for the ills'i'ic' fii \y. s wnl ta-i- p!:'.:e at th-- head quarters' rang.- on I hur.-d.-.y, at >.'• a.m. a:id 'A p.m. Tn another column will lie fi.und an advor ttsement with refer.-t'.ee to Cooper and Pailey's Circus ami Menagerie. The various banks in t-.wn will be closed • on Morulav in celebration of St. Patrick's ■ Day. The monthly ntfvtln-.'c-f t! ■ Hospital Com-mitt-i- will he" h- hi a; Mr. Chun !:'.- ..tiice on Monday evening, at eight o'ciork. *>wi::i.' :■> the extremely unfavorable w ath> r to-day. the mate.i com! etitiou uf t -e Xo::;, Cta",-. !.' tie .'• .-s clarion has been postp. ric i until Sa"tii">lay. "he ">'.) h inst. A nieefine; uf the Selm--ls Committee, for •he traii-aiTi. n of g.neral business, will inhehl at ih- Secretary's oiih-.- at haif-past seven o'clock <in Tu- sday evening. Th;; Oaniaru Stone- Company may now he -aid to have entered fai.-jy upon it-, let us l.ope. succes-ful career. A meetintr of th--shareholiiers of the Cmincmy was held last evening at the office.-- if Me.-srs. Julius and fialrner. when there wen- present—Me-sr.-. Srerrard (in the chair'). Milliliter. All-n. B.dmer. Gibbs. Hard . Carlar-d. .Johnston, Spence, Mitchell, and 15 oth jSecretary). The n hnttcs of previ-ms lui-.tings having been read and c-ntirm- d. tie- Secretary sta-e.i that !»1 I .-hares had 1>- en dispos- d of out of the llXH) t-> I e aih'-tteii. In atldition to the firm in Chris'i-hun-h who hail undertaken to take Kit) sliaies if the local ngclicy wt-re given to them. see. ral geiirhmen in I'uue-'in had intirnai- -t tie-ir wil-ingness to take >hares. two of them to the number of "il» sh.-ut-.- each. 'he Chai man having read the a ver: i ement calling the mooting, called upon th-- s.i'ii.-itor ('-:r Hainief) to read tin: .Meen-r.a'iihun and A vie!".- of Assoeiatii n. These w. r-.- .-.doptec. with one or two sh-jhr i It- rations, am! 'signed by a'l presenr. Til .■iicr : efi or liinctoi-s took ]i!acf i»y halh.t I the ti- ' iv. i'.:' •.(■!iT 1.-meri beiiio di'.iV e!ei;te-l : !-}-:■ -:•-. .-i:r..j.---r. Stewar-I." Ai.'Jn. (iibbs. ! IIi;m;.::-ey. Sfieric-. ami J »r. Garland. A I'.o" of rliaidta to tilt.-Chairman concluded • Mr. I: L. I.ule. statiot:-.--. Thamrs-srreet. j h-s. bo. ji apjiointcd areiir in tills -.listrief for ! the Ib.yal .-'.ssoeia.tion for tin- Promotion of j Fine Ar;s in Scotland, ami is now receiving ; the names of those who intend sulisenbiiu for the current year's drawing, which iaiipoliited to take place in the month of •Imy. Kaeii subscriber will receive six beau iftil engravings, after the original : i'u-f:n- in illustration of Sir Walter ~e--tt's I " Fair Maid of lVrtli," handsomely bound I jin a volume. The subjects propo.-ed for i illustratioi!. and the names of the artists who j have been reijue-ted to execute the illustratauis, are as follow .- The. Glee M .idem | chapter 11, by G. Paul Chalmers. '! S. A. : i•• 'atheri-e and Father Clement, chapter 14, ] by \V. 1-:. Lockhart, b.S.A. : t'oat >cene on | 1.0. t; Tay. chapter iS, by Sam. Bough, ! i.'.S. A.: the Interview between the Gow j Ciitoni and the Hi.L'h'amler anent the Miit of j armour for the Chief, chapter 00. by J. B. j Ma-tlonald. IJ..S.A. : (.'amjisie Linn, chapter | 'AH. bv .fames Doeharty : the(hitevray, Falkland Palace, by George Kcid, U.S.A. I Messrs. M'l.eau ISrothers and Kigg have I now a telephone in constant use for huskies' j purposes between their establishment in j Klizubeth and Spencer streets, Melbourne, | which places are about three-quarters of a mite apart. Improvements have been made ' in the instrument l>j" Mr. J. K. Edwards, I late of the electric telegraph department, and the firm state that they are able to use it most satisfactorily. From the Ar>jn-< we learn that the Rev. J. P. May, of Tasmania, recently sent to Professor M'Coy the head and tail of a iish which he had caught, ami which he believed to be a salmon. Professor .M'Coy, having • xamiiied the lish. has sent the following reply:—"•University, Melbourne, Feb uary 14, IS7S. bear Sir.—l have received the head and tail of the fish iM-in. long, and weighing Tib., caught by you last month in the Derwent. arid the outline of which you setit me. From the teeth being smaller and more numerous than in the salmoa of same size, from the form ami jiroportions of the gill-cover, and from there being 14 scales above the lateral line on tiie tail, I belive the iish to be the salmon tn.ut (mlino trnitn), and as it is (piite as good as the salmon. 1 congratulate jou on having this species in adoption to it acclimatised in your Tasmauian rivers.—l remain, dear sir, very truly vours, Fkederick M'Coy."

Bi.-hop Parker, of Sydney, has given • offence to some people by contracting what | is considered an ill-'.imed marriage. Concerning the event the Sydney cm-respondent of the iii-WfUir 7't'f!ir>i}ifi writes :—" The reported marriage of Bishop I'arker, our | Metropolitan, has hail the effect of shocking the religions folk considerably, and if it turns cut true, of which no one has the doubt, he will get but a cold r ception on returning; to Sydney. His marriage under different circumstances would have passed without comment. Hut it was only recenty that he buried a nin>t excellent wife, whose grave, side he quitted with the affecting words, •Farewell till the tesunection !' He was ever praising her, and his health failing him on account of his bereavement, he wis reeo:nm< nded a ch-nge, particularly by the ladies. He left for England, where, in his sixty-seventh year, he fell a victim to a •lashing young damsel of two-and-thirty. She is willing to accompany him to the heathen in Australia. Hut the ladies do not care for the expected favor, and the

most r*>sp ctable and influential Churchmen I feel themselves unable any longer to co- I operate with their 'flighty' Metropolitan."

If. is said that Miss Kate Field, who is a dramatist, actress, singer, journalist and a charming lady, has recently been taken on the staff of the Times.

The following, received from Cooktown by the Aryns, throws some light "n the telegram r< c"ntly published : —"The EUangowan arrived on Sunday morning from New Guinea, wi;h Chalmers and Dudfield on board. The latter is quickly recovering. Chalmers reports rliar. after _\by S, when they left Smith C'pe, the party had an anxious time. The natives w< re very threatening, Imt the friendly villagers prevented the others from attacking them. Chalmers ha* left his wife at South Cape. There is no other European there. M'Gorn, master of the Retrieve, of Captain Redleek's hechc-le-mer party, is report"d killed by the natives of the Engineers (irnup. The vessel was burnt, and the station ransacked. After landing Ingham at Tort Moresby, the Pro-pi'ct. cutter, with b'edlceks. proceeded to ascertain the parti'-u'ars Mr Chester writes that he lias rec-ived a letter from Mr. Kiddie, in which lie deplores the excitement caused by his gold di-covery, and again warns people ag-iin-t going 'o New Guinea."